Capitalism Documentary Episode 1

September 17, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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Capitalism: A Six Part Documentary
Episode One: Adam Smith, The Birth of the Free Market

Monday, September 17th
6:30 PM -8:30 PM
(w/ Potluck Meal)

Shelton Hall, Oakland Peace Center
111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

Free, no RSVP needed.
Please bring a dish to share for the potluck meal if you are able.

The economic system of capitalism has undermined democracies throughout the world, created huge income disparities, wrecked our ecosystem and isolated us from our own communities. Yet very few people truly understand its roots.

This six-part documentary series from Icarus Films is an ambitious but accessible series that looks at both the history of ideas and the social forces that have shaped the capitalist world. Featuring interviews with some of the world’s great historians, economist, anthropologists and social critics (including Noam Chomsky, Thomas Piketty and more), CAPITALISM questions the myth of the unfettered free market, explores the nature of debt and commodities, and retraces some of the great economic debates of the last 200 years.

If we are going to challenge our current system, we first need to understand it. Join us, each Monday for a FREE screening and informal discussion. Please bring food to share for a collective potluck meal!!

All screenings will be inside Shelton Hall at the Oakland Peace Center.

Monday, 9/17 – Episode One: Adam Smith, The Birth of the Free Market– Capitalism is much more complex than the vision Adam Smith laid out in The Wealth of Nations. Indeed, it predates Smith by centuries, and is rooted in the predatory practices of colonialism and the slave trade.

Monday, 10/15 – Episode Five: Keynes vs. Hayek: A Fake Debate? – The ideological divide between the philosophies of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek has dominated economics for nearly a century. Is it time for the pendulum to swing back to Keynes? Or do we need a whole new approach that goes beyond this simple dualism?